Worker dies after being trapped in lift shaft at Hong Kong site for 2 hours

A Hong Kong worker has died in hospital after being trapped in a lift shaft at a construction site at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for nearly two hours.

The worker, 57, had been carrying out maintenance on a lift in a building on Pok Fu Lam Road at 5.40pm on Sunday. The man, who worked for a lift company, was stuck between the ground floor and lower ground floor. He had been hit by the lift.

Rescuers reached the unconscious man at about 7.25pm and he was sent to the hospital’s accident and emergency department. But he was declared dead at 7.35pm.

Another worker, also 57, on the job was unharmed.

The building, Clinical Block 1, is still under construction, according to information available at the scene.

Authorities will launch an investigation.